Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884 to William S. Morris
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02469.30 Author/Creator: Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Letter Date: 9 September 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Walker, Confederate Secretary of War, writes to Morris, President of the Southern Telegraph Company. Includes a copied version of a dispatch Walker recently received from General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, commander of the District of East Tennessee, Department Number 2. Zollicoffer writes from Knoxville, Tennessee, stating that it is necessary for Morris to immediately "connect the Knoxville Depot of East Tennessee & Va. R. R., by telegraph, with Bristol- and also establish a telegraph office at Mossy Creek, in East Tennessee." Walker asks Morris to estimate the cost of Zollicoffer's request, and to confer with the Post Master General on the subject. Written on War Department, Confederate States of America stationery.
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